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6 Pieces of Silver
6 Pieces of Silver
Studio album by the Horace Silver Quintet
Released	late 1956
Recorded	November 10, 1956 (#1-8); June 15, 1958 (#9-10)
Studio	Van Gelder Studio; Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:56
Label	Blue Note; BLP 1539
Producer	Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology

6 Pieces of Silver is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet, recorded on November 10, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features brass section Donald Byrd and Hank Mobley and rhythm section Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes.^[3]

Background

The front cover photograph was taken at Central Park West, Upper West Side.^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[6]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The early Silver quintet was essentially The Jazz Messengers of the year before but already the band was starting to develop a sound of its own. ' Señor Blues' officially put Horace Silver on the map."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Horace Silver, except as noted.

Side 1
No.	Title	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Cool Eyes"	November 10, 1956	5:55
2.	"Shirl"	November 10, 1956	4:16
3.	"Camouflage"	November 10, 1956	4:25
4.	"Enchantment"	November 10, 1956	6:22

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	" Señor Blues"		November 10, 1956	7:01
2.	"Virgo"		November 10, 1956	5:49
3.	"For Heaven's Sake"	Elise Bretton Sherman Edwards Donald Meyer	November 10, 1956	5:09

CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Date recorded	Length
8.	"Señor Blues" (alternative take)	November 10, 1956	6:38
9.	"Tippin'"	June 15, 1958	6:12
10.	"Señor Blues" (vocal version)	June 15, 1958	6:14

Personnel

Horace Silver Quintet

November 10, 1956

Donald Byrd – trumpet (except "Shirl", "For Heaven's Sake")
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (except "Shirl", "For Heaven's Sake")
Horace Silver – piano
Doug Watkins – bass
Louis Hayes – drums

June 15, 1958

Donald Byrd – trumpet
Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
Horace Silver – piano
Gene Taylor – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
Bill Henderson – vocals (except "Tippin'")

Technical personnel

Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes

References

^ "Blue Note Records Catalog: 1500 series - album index". www.jazzdisco.org.
^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 2, 1957 – via Google Books.
^ Horace Silver discography accessed 16 November 2009.
^ "Musical Maps".
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] "Blue Note Records Catalog: 1500 series - album index". www.jazzdisco.org.

[2] "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 2, 1957 – via Google Books.

[3] Horace Silver discography accessed 16 November 2009.

[4] "Musical Maps".

[allmusic-5] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.

[Penguin-6] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Horace Silver
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
Blue Note albums	New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) (1952)/ Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu (1952–53) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (1957) Further Explorations (1958) Live at Newport '58 (1958) Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet (1959) Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64) The Cape Verdean Blues (1965) The Jody Grind (1966) Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969) That Healin' Feelin', The United States of Mind, Phase 1 (1970) Total Response, The United States of Mind, Phase 2 (1970–71) All, The United States of Mind, Phase 3 (1972) The United States of Mind (compilation of the 3 'Phase' albums, 1970–72) In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1972) Silver 'n Brass (1975) Silver 'n Wood (1975–76) Silver 'n Voices (1976) Silver 'n Percussion (1977) Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1978–79)
Albums released on other labels	Silver's Blue (1956) Live 1964 (1964) Guides to Growing Up (1981) Spiritualizing the Senses (1983) There's No Need to Struggle (1983) The Continuity of Spirit (1985) Music to Ease Your Disease (1988) Rockin' with Rachmaninoff (1991) It's Got to Be Funky (1993) Pencil Packin' Papa (1994) The Hardbop Grandpop (1996) A Prescription for the Blues (1997) Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1998)
Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (1954) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955) The Jazz Messengers (1956) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Originally (1956)
With others	Introducing Nat Adderley (1955) Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver ( Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994) Byrd's Eye View ( Donald Byrd, 1955) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Bohemia After Dark ( Kenny Clarke, 1955) Al Cohn's Tones ( Al Cohn, 1950) Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954) Miles Davis Quartet/ Blue Haze/ Miles Davis Quintet/ Miles Davis All-Star Sextet/ Walkin' (1953/54) Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins/ Bags' Groove (1954) Quartet/Quintet/Sextet ( Lou Donaldson, 1952) Afro-Cuban ( Kenny Dorham, 1955) The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54) When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/ Gigi Gryce, 1955) The Complete Roost Recordings ( Stan Getz, 1950–51) Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955) Disorder at the Border ( Coleman Hawkins, 1952) Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Plenty, Plenty Soul ( Milt Jackson, 1957) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 ( J.J. Johnson, 1955) Blowing in from Chicago ( Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore, 1957) Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957) Hank Mobley Quintet (1957) J. R. Monterose (1956) Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957) Clark Terry (1955)
Selected singles	" Opus de Funk" (1953) " The Preacher"/" Doodlin'" (1955/54) " Señor Blues" (1956) " Sister Sadie" (1959) " Nica's Dream" (1960) " Song for My Father" (1964)
Discography

v t e Donald Byrd
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Byrd's Eye View (1955) Byrd Jazz (1955) Byrd's Word (1955) Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956) 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956) The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956) Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957) Fuego (1959) Byrd in Flight (1960) Free Form (1961) A New Perspective (1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Mustang! (1966) Blackjack (1967) Slow Drag (1967) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Ethiopian Knights (1971) Black Byrd (1972) Street Lady (1973) Stepping into Tomorrow (1974) Places and Spaces (1975) Caricatures (1976) Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978) Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) Love Byrd (1981) Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982) Harlem Blues (1987) Getting Down to Business (1989) A City Called Heaven (1991)
With Pepper Adams	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967) Electric Byrd (1970)
With The Jazz Messengers	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Originally (1956) Art Blakey Big Band (1957) Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)
With Gigi Gryce	At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet ( Riverside, 1957) Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957) Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958]) Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)
With Jackie McLean	Lights Out! (1956) 4, 5 and 6 (1956) New Soil (1959) Jackie's Bag (1959) Vertigo (1963)
With Hank Mobley	The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank (1957) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963) The Turnaround! (1963) Far Away Lands (1967)
With others	Discoveries/ Presenting Cannonball Adderley ( Cannonball Adderley, 1955) Jammin' with Gene ( Gene Ammons, 1956) All Night Long ( Kenny Burrell, 1956) All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Whims of Chambers ( Paul Chambers, 1956) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny's Crib ( Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959) Bohemia After Dark ( Kenny Clarke, 1955) Lush Life ( John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Davis Cup ( Walter Davis Jr., 1959) Wailing With Lou ( Lou Donaldson, 1957) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) This Is New ( Kenny Drew, 1957) All Mornin' Long ( Red Garland, 1957) Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957) High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957) One Flight Up ( Dexter Gordon, 1964) Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965) Snap Your Fingers ( Al Grey, 1962) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 ( Guru, 1993) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95) My Point of View ( Herbie Hancock, 1993) Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977) Swamp Seed ( Jimmy Heath, 1963) Informal Jazz ( Elmo Hope, 1956) African High Life ( Solomon Ilori, 1963) Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 ( Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995) Quartet-Quintet ( Hank Jones, 1955) Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955) TV Action Jazz! ( Mundell Lowe, 1959) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) Goin' Out of My Head ( Wes Montgomery, 1965) Hush! ( Duke Pearson, 1962) Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964) Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955) Winner's Circle ( Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957) Blues in Trinity ( Dizzy Reece, 1958) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Dimensions & Extensions ( Sam Rivers, 1967) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956) Don't Stop the Carnival ( Sonny Rollins, 1978) Silver's Blue ( Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Taylor's Wailers ( Art Taylor, 1957) Soul Sauce ( Cal Tjader, 1964) A Bluish Bag ( Stanley Turrentine, 1967) Top Brass ( Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Pairing Off ( Phil Woods, 1956)

v t e Hank Mobley
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
As leader or co-leader	Newark 1953 (1953 [2012]) Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Mobley's 2nd Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1956) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957) Hank Mobley Quintet (1957) Hank (1957) Hank Mobley (1957) Curtain Call (1957) Poppin' (1957) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Soul Station (1960) Roll Call (1960) Workout (1961) Another Workout (1961) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963–65) The Turnaround! (1964) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Far Away Lands (1967) Third Season (1967) Hi Voltage (1967) Reach Out! (1968) The Flip (1969) Thinking of Home (1970) Breakthrough! (1972)
With others	At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 ( Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers, 1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955) The Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1956) Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982]) At the Jazz Corner of the World (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1959) All Night Long ( Kenny Burrell, 1956) K.B. Blues (1957 [1979]) Byrd's Eye View ( Donald Byrd, 1955) Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960) A New Perspective (1963) Mustang! (Donald Byrd, 1966) Blackjack (Donald Byrd, 1967) Dial "S" for Sonny ( Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1957) Someday My Prince Will Come ( Miles Davis, 1961) In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (Miles Davis, 1961) Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961) Afro-Cuban ( Kenny Dorham, 1955) Whistle Stop (Kenny Dorham, 1961) This Is New ( Kenny Drew, 1957) Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960) Farmer's Market ( Art Farmer, 1956) The Opener ( Curtis Fuller, 1957) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) Afro ( Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Jazz Recital (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954–55) I Want to Hold Your Hand ( Grant Green, 1965) A Blowin' Session ( Johnny Griffin, 1957) My Point of View ( Herbie Hancock, 1963) Informal Jazz ( Elmo Hope, 1956) Goin' Up ( Freddie Hubbard, 1960) Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1955) Together! ( Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones, 1961) Midnight Walk (Elvin Jones, 1966) I Wanna Talk About You ( Tete Montoliu, 1980) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Cornbread ( Lee Morgan, 1965) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Tenor Conclave (Prestige All Stars, 1957) Star Bright ( Dizzy Reece, 1959) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Good Move! ( Freddie Roach 1963) The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957) MAX ( Max Roach, 1958) Yasmina, a Black Woman ( Archie Shepp, 1969) Poem for Malcolm (Archie Shepp, 1969) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) Silver's Blue ( Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (Horace Silver, 1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)
Compilations	The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (1998) The Feelin's Good (2013)
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